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• The urban service area is expanded to include residential properties along Yale Street and 175th Avenue. This allows for planning for eventual expansion of the water and sanitary sewer system. • City owned land north of the Youth Athletic Complex is guided for industrial uses, from rural residential uses. We do know that the Parks Commission desires the subject property to expand YAC. The formal,public comment period has been open since March 11. To date, a number of comments have been received. Letters received are attached. Comments and recommendations 1. Cretex Companies has suggested that the line representing a new road connection between CR 44 and School street (Page 67) be removed. This line goes through the current Cretex property and would impact their operation. They note that the term of the plan is shorter than their expected use of the property. Recommendation. The line segment represents an important east west connection on the north side of Highway 10 and was identified as part of the most recent transportation plan,in 2004. The alignment, an extension of School Street,would connect the neighborhoods off of Meadowvale more directly with the School campus, the downtown area, and Highway 169 without forcing additional traffic onto Highway 10 or existing neighborhood streets. All road improvements, especially those that require additional right of way,impact current property owners. In locating new road connections, the planner must try to balance the constraints imposed by the current system, environment, and existing property desires with the need to move people and products in the future. It is staff's recommendation that the line segment remain,if for no other reason to trigger additional study as part of the update of the Transportation plan iii the future. 2. Members of the Park and Recreation Commission spoke at the City public hearing, (a formal recommendation from that Commission is expected) with concern on three issues: a.A proposed road connection between CR 33 and CR 1 at Meadowvale Road (initially identified in page 49) b. A proposed road connection between CR 30 and CR 35,at the Waco street alignment (page 66) c. The identification of the property north of the YAC,north of 165th for industrial purposes (page 36) Recommendation. a. The Council has directed that the segment be removed from the Comprehensive Plan,although the line represents a planned connection as part of the Sherburne County Transportation plan. b.The planned connection is part of the transportation plan, and is necessary to provide an additional collector route to serve the neighborhoods in the west side. As noted above,it is a challenge to perfectly balance the desires of all stakeholders. c.The suggested industrial land use is intended to satisfy growing demand for job growth. Recognizing the desires of the Parks and Recreation Commission to expand the YAC complex, N:\Departments\Community Development\Planning\Case Files\LU\LU 14-01 City of Elk River 2014 Comp plan\5.4 sr to PC Comp plan 4-8- 14.docx